Press Release #1 (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080605/NYFNSA03 ) Dow says anyone can learn to manage their weight with this diet. It's described in The Pen and Paper Diet and available at http://stores.lulu.com/thepenandpaperdiet. "The Pen and Paper Diet is based on the known fact that your body requires a certain amount of calories to maintain a certain weight. If a person consumes excess calories, then fat is produced and a person's weight increases," says Dow. Dow used a combination of information from The National Academy of Sciences, The Centers for Disease Control, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The diet has been understood by all different types of people with all types of educational levels ranging from a high school dropout (non-GED) to an MD. "It allows you to eat what you want and lose weight," Dow says. "You don't have to eat smaller portions, but you will have to consume less calories during another meal. It's an easy eating plan to maintain your ideal weight for the rest of your life," Dow says. Dow says that the best thing about the diet is that it can be used by everyone, no matter what activity level a person has or their age. "This diet will be great for the many people that are basically required to be sedentary or have low physical activity due to work and family obligations." A local Physician, Dr. Nathan Conlee, says the book is "an excellent resource for the public to use who want to keep control of their weight. I do commend you on presenting all the information compiled and ease of application for the general public." "In my opinion, the book reveals the secrets of other successful weight loss programs like Jenny Craig(R), Weight Watchers(R), and Nutrisystem(R)," says Dow. "The difference is that you only have to buy the book for lifelong reference and you are given the tools to control your weight. The book is all about putting weight management skills into your hands." An expanded edition is intended for health professionals and has calorie requirement calculations for males and females from the ages of 19 to 84. A US Spanish Edition and a generic international English edition (Metric Edition) have also been published.
The Pen and Paper Diet, $14.95 (expanded edition, $39.95) is available at http://stores.lulu.com/thepenandpaperdiet and will be available in bookstores and other online retailers soon. Go to http://www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.com for more information. Press Release #2 TUCSON, Ariz., June 18, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The World Health Organization projects that over 80% of the U.S. adult population will be overweight by 2015. Also by 2015, approximately 130 million adults in the U.S. (or 53%) are expected to be obese (http://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/). The Centers for Disease Control state many health consequences for being overweight like Type 2 diabetes and colon cancer (http://www.CDC.gov). The current healthcare crisis requires a stress relief from somewhere in the system. Weight loss is a simple way to provide relief since most experts say it is a matter of watching what one eats. The Pen and Paper Diet, a new book by Michael Dow, provides a simple solution for weight loss and a way for a person to maintain their ideal weight. As the title implies, all one needs is pen and paper to control their weight. Dow says the book is based on science because "it uses research about estimated calorie requirements for people with different physical activity levels from the National Academy of Sciences. Also, total calorie content about the majority of the world's foods and many beverages are provided in the book which was obtained from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)." "The diet is safe because a person doesn't have to take any diet pills. You just keep eating the types of foods that you like and you'll end up losing weight with this program," says Dow. "You don't have to worry about any side effects with a diet pill. You also don't have to avoid certain types of foods or seasonings like salt or carbs." Dow says "the diet is basically free because all you have to do is buy the book for about $15 and then have a supply of pen and paper. Unlike current successful weight loss programs, a person doesn't have to keep buying products or meals from my company to lose weight or maintain a certain weight." "This diet is unique in that the book provides all the tools the general public needs to control one's weight," says Dow. He says that people with all educational backgrounds have understood the concepts in the book (from a high school dropout [non-GED] to an MD). Also, a local physician has started selling the book in his clinic. The book retails for $14.95 and is currently only available at http://stores.lulu.com/thepenandpaperdiet. The book will be available in stores and with other online retailers soon. An expanded edition has also been published which provides all calculations for estimated calorie requirements for adults from age 19 to 84. This edition was intended for Health Professionals that deal with many people in regards to weight concerns. The basic edition requires an individual to perform several basic math calculations to determine their estimated calorie requirement. The book has been translated into Spanish and is also available in a generic international version (Metric Edition). Visit http://www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.com for more information (en espanol, http://www.DietaPlumaPapel.com). Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC is a book and website publishing company. For further information, please email mdow@dowcreativeenterprises.com. This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com . For further information, visit http://www.24-7pressrelease.com . SOURCE Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC Press Release #4
Weight Management Solution Helps You Lose or Gain as Much Weight as You Choose
TUCSON, Ariz., June 5 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- You can lose 15 pounds, 150 pounds and more, or even gain weight if you are below your ideal weight according to a new weight management system designed by Michael Dow, a new author.
Solution to the Global Obesity Epidemic: Cheap, Easy and Safe
-- By 2015, the WHO projects 700 million people will be obese. Obesity stresses the world's healthcare system due to health consequences like Type 2 diabetes & colon cancer. A new book, The Pen and Paper Diet, provides an easy, cheap & safe solution for people to maintain a healthy weight. --
/24-7PressRelease/ - TUCSON, AZ, June 10, 2008 - The obesity rate for the U.S. adult population is approaching 40% [2005 World Health Organization (WHO) estimates show the U.S. obesity rate at over 36%]. According to the latest WHO projections, more than 80% of the U.S. adult population will be overweight by 2015 (http://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/).
The WHO projects that over 700 million people worldwide will meet obese criteria by 2015. The two primary causes for the obesity epidemic have been defined as: "a global shift in diet towards increased intake of energy-dense foods" or foods with a lot of calories and "a trend towards decreased physical activity" (http://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states there are many health consequences for being overweight like Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and colon cancer (http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/). With the current deterioration of Healthcare (projected RN shortage of 800,000 by 2020, http://www.discovernursing.com), stress relief on the system is essential and could be easily provided by the population maintaining a healthy weight.
The Pen and Paper Diet, a new book by Michael Dow, provides an easy, cheap and safe solution for the general public to control their weight. It is based on scientific research and helps people "achieve energy balance," which is the first suggestion made by the WHO to address this epidemic.
"The diet is based on the known fact that the human body requires a specific amount of calories to maintain a certain weight. If a person consumes more calories than are required, then fat is produced and a person's weight increases," says Dow.
Dow used a combination of information from the CDC, The National Academy of Sciences (research on required calories for specific weights within an adult's healthy weight range), and the United States Department of Agriculture (calorie information for the majority of the world's foods and beverages).
"I have had people that are high school dropouts, non-GED, understand the program," says Dow. "Also, a local physician has endorsed the book and has begun selling it at his clinic."
"It may sound unbelievable, but you don't have to eat smaller portions of your favorite foods. If you consume a meal with a lot of calories, another meal will have to contain fewer calories. It's an easy eating plan to maintain your ideal weight for the rest of your life," Dow says.
"This diet does not require you to change your current activity level. This is a diet for individuals that are required to be sedentary due to work and family obligations as well as for Olympians because it helps people maintain an energy balance with their calorie consumption and their specific activity level," Dow says.
"The book provides information that individuals and families can use for lifelong reference. The book is all about putting weight management skills into your hands," says Dow.
An expanded edition is intended for health professionals and has calorie requirement calculations for males and females from the ages of 19 to 84. A spanish translation for the US and a generic international English edition (Metric Edition) have also been published.
The Pen and Paper Diet, $14.95 (expanded edition, $39.95) is available at http://stores.lulu.com/thepenandpaperdiet and will be available in bookstores and other online retailers soon.
Go to http://www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.com for more information.
About Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC
Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC was created in 2008 and is a book & website publishing company. For further information, please email mdow@dowcreativeenterprises.com.
Press Release #3
A Simple Weight Loss Diet: Scientific, Safe and Basically Free
The Pen and Paper Diet, a new book by Michael Dow, provides a simple solution for weight loss and a way for a person to maintain their ideal weight. As the title implies, all one needs is pen and paper to control their weight.
A Simple Diet to Help People Struggling with Anorexia and Bulimia
-- A new diet enables people to maintain their ideal weight to a specific pound indefinitely as long as one tracks calorie consumption. --
Tucson, AZ, July 07, 2008 - The Centers for Disease Control discusses the importance of having a healthy weight on their website (www.CDC.gov). They reference Body Mass Index or BMI to determine a person's healthy weight. BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the person's height in meters twice (kg/m2). Normal weight is defined by a BMI range of 18.5 to 24.9. The following are healthy weight ranges for adults, 19 years and older:
57 inches = 86 to 116 lbs
58 inches = 89 to 120 lbs
59 inches = 92 to 124 lbs
60 inches = 95 to 128 lbs
61 inches = 98 to 132 lbs
62 inches = 101 to 137 lbs
63 inches = 104 to 141 lbs
64 inches = 108 to 146 lbs
65 inches = 111 to 150 lbs
66 inches = 115 to 155 lbs
67 inches = 118 to 159 lbs
68 inches = 122 to 164 lbs
69 inches = 125 to 168 lbs
70 inches = 129 to 173 lbs
71 inches = 132 to 178 lbs
72 inches = 136 to 183 lbs
73 inches = 139 to 188 lbs
74 inches = 143 to 193 lbs
75 inches = 147 to 198 lbs
76 inches = 151 to 204 lbs
77 inches = 155 to 209 lbs
Those that struggle with anorexia and bulimia generally do so to control their weight. These individuals do not get all their required nutrients though because of starvation or purging. They are at risk of damaging their internal organs, muscle weakening or esophagus deterioration.
The Pen and Paper Diet, a new book by Michael Dow, provides a simple way for any adult of any age and activity level to control their weight to a specific pound indefinitely. This can be done as long as individuals track calorie consumption. "If a person consumes the appropriate amount of calories for one's height, age, sex, activity level and weight, then one can maintain their ideal weight," says Dow.
"This diet will be ideal for those that struggle with anorexia and bulimia because it can enable these individuals to maintain their weight at the low end of BMI like they would prefer while digesting their food," Dow says.
Dow says the book is based on science because "it uses research about estimated calorie requirements for people with different physical activity levels from the National Academy of Sciences. Also, total calorie content about the majority of the world's foods and many beverages are provided in the book to assist in tracking calorie consumption which was obtained from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)."
"This diet is unique in that the book provides all the tools the general public needs to control one's weight," says Dow. He says that people with all educational backgrounds have understood the concepts in the book [from a high school dropout (non-GED) to an MD]. Also, a local physician has started selling the book in his clinic.
The book retails for US$14.95 and is currently available at http://stores.lulu.com/thepenandpaperdiet. The book is also available with online retailers (i.e. Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, etc.) and will be available in stores soon.
An expanded edition (US$39.95) has also been published which provides all calculations for estimated calorie requirements for adults from age 19 to 84. This edition was intended for Health Professionals that deal with many people in regards to weight concerns. The basic edition requires an individual to perform several basic math calculations to determine their estimated calorie requirement. The book has been translated into Spanish and is also available in a generic international version (Metric Edition).
Visit www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.com for more information (en espanol, www.DietaPlumaPapel.com).
Press Release #5
Universal Diet for Literate Adults Found
-- Math, a universal language, is at the basis for a new diet which allows people to eat or drink according to their religious or secular prohibitions, occupations, current diet or exercise programs, psychological state, financial status, or activity level. --
Tucson, AZ, August 04, 2008 - Since the diet uses simple math, The Pen and Paper Diet has been found to be universal in nature. The basic idea of the book is that a person requires a certain amount of calories to maintain a specific weight. Research from the National Academy of Sciences was republished in the book and helps people easily find their calorie requirement which is dependent on their height, sex, age, weight and activity level. Most people that are overweight can immediately begin consuming their required amount of daily calories for their ideal weight and will begin observing weight loss within 2 weeks. A person just needs to track calorie consumption on paper while they continue to eat the types of food they enjoy. It takes about 3 minutes a day and uses the simple idea of a calorie budget. Doctors recommend losing at most 8 lbs a month and this diet helps people stay within this guideline. Also, an appendix in the book lists calorie info for the majority of the world's foods and some beverages which was obtained from the USDA's free online nutritional database at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/.
People with food prohibitions, religious or secular, can use this diet to manage their weight while they continue to observe their food restrictions. People of the Jewish, Muslim and Hindu faith as well as vegetarians can continue to consume their respective kosher, halal, vedic and non meat items. When people are required to fast, they can redistribute their forgone calories to other days within the week or month in order to maintain their weight as a monthly average. For example, a person may require 2,200 calories a day. If he or she fasted for one day (water consumption only), then they could add approx 370 calories to the other 6 days of the week. Note: Calorie info is provided for non-kosher, haram, non-vedic and meat items in the generic international Metric Edition.
Professionals that are required to maintain a certain weight or weight range can use the diet for precise weight management. The book only takes about 30 minutes to read and one can quickly and thoroughly understand basic weight management skills so professionals can focus on performing their primary job. Military service members, athletes, actors and others can employ weight management skills with The Pen and Paper Diet without having to take any extra time out of their already busy schedules.
People dieting, engaged in an exercise program or both can use this diet to supplement the program they are already on. Whether a person is focused on building more muscle mass in order to burn more calories, consuming a high protein or high complex carbohydrate diet, consuming a balanced diet of protein, fat and carbohydrates, one can use this diet to determine their required daily calorie intake and continue to stay in the guidelines he or she has established. Also, if people enjoy the support network of some weight management programs, he or she can continue to participate in the program while using The Pen and Paper Diet.
People with eating disorders, on both sides of the spectrum, could be referred to this diet by their Health Professional. Those with morbid obesity can use the idea of a calorie budget to slowly reduce one's calorie intake and learn to gain control of his or her eating habits. For example, if a person is consuming 6,000+ calories a day, he or she could be advised to consume 1,000 less a day for several months until they were comfortable with that amount. The individual's calorie consumption could then be reduced again. Weight loss should be expected to be gradual for those that are obese especially since it took years to put on the weight. Since those at the other end of eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia, have been starving themselves or purging to maintain a certain weight, Clinical Psychologists could suggest to their clients to use The Pen and Paper Diet to maintain their desired weight safely while they focus on other issues with psychotherapy. Anecdotally, people that have begun writing down their calorie consumption have begun to reduce or eliminate their obsession with calorie consumption since they do not have to constantly recall what they consumed throughout the day in order to self monitor.
People with various psychological backgrounds can use the diet since it only takes about 3 min a day. If you have little motivation to attempt weight loss or have never been so determined in your life to manage your weight, the ideas in The Pen and Paper Diet can give you the basic skills you need to control your weight indefinitely as long as you track calorie consumption.
People from all economic backgrounds can use the diet to manage their weight since a person isn't required to purchase additional materials or buy certain meals. The book cost about $15, is intended for lifelong reference and is available with most online book retailers. Whether you have a small budget and are very limited on the types of food you can eat or you are wealthy and can afford to eat higher priced foods regularly, The Pen and Paper Diet will allow you to manage your weight while consuming the types of food you choose or are required to eat.
People with all activity levels can use the diet since it is based on tracking calorie consumption. Those with a sedentary activity level (most in wheelchairs and those required to work at a computer 10+ hours a day) as well as those striving to be Olympians can use The Pen and Paper Diet since a person can choose their desired weight and activity level in order to determine their daily calorie requirement or calorie budget.
Once people learn the basic skill of losing weight and then maintain their ideal weight by simply having a calorie budget, a person can then focus on eating more healthy and exercising more.
Please visit http://www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.com for more information. En espanol, http://www.DietaPlumaPapel.com. For UK residents, visit http://www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.co.uk. For the generic international website, visit http://www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.net.
About Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC
Michael Dow is the author of The Pen and Paper Diet and is the manager of Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC, a book and website publishing company. To contact Dow Creative Enterprises, email mdow@dowcreativeenterprises.com.
Press Release #6
Solution to Eradicate Obesity from the Human Population and Ease the Upcoming Global Food Crisis
TUCSON, AZ, August 08, 2008 - The World Health Organization (WHO) says that in 2005 approximately 1.6 billion people were overweight and 400 million were obese http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/index.html. In 2015, the WHO projects 2.3 billion people will be overweight and 700 million will be obese. The current philosophy to weight management is to eat less, eat healthier, and exercise more. A new philosophy has been proposed which separates those three tasks. Due to the dramatic increase in prices of basic food ingredients for restaurants since the beginning of 2006 and the eventual necessity of updating menus with new prices, the author of The Pen and Paper Diet has asked every restaurant in Tucson, Arizona to post calorie info on their menus. TUCSON, AZ, October 09, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The last year has been unprecedented for restaurants in the United States in regards to food costs. For example, both the price of corn and wheat more than tripled from the beginning of 2006 to the spring of 2008, but corn has recently lowered to approx double its 2006 value and wheat to 1.5 times its 2006 value (http://www.mgex.com). One main reason for this is the rise in cost in diesel fuel due to oil prices.
So far, in general, restaurants have not raised their prices in order to keep customers returning and consuming their products. Some restaurants like Olive Garden and Red Lobster have begun to raise prices though to stay profitable (http://www.elpasotimes.com/business/ci_10491118). Others are likely to raise prices as well so they do not face bankruptcy like Benningan's and Steak and Ale (http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/29/benningans-steak-and-ale-go-bankrupt-as-casual-dining-chains-s/).
New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has passed a regulation that requires restaurants to post calorie info beside prices on their menus if they have their nutritional info available to the public. The regulation has been upheld by a Federal Appeals Court (http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1208342630624).
In Tucson, approximately 10% of the city's restaurants have their nutritional info available online. One reason many restaurants do not even have the info available is that acquiring the information used to be very costly. Most nutritional analysis companies charge around $250 per item. Due to the many menu items most restaurants have, it could potentially cost a business over $20,000 to have their products analyzed. Many people are unaware though that the USDA has a free nutritional database which includes tens of thousands of ingredients at http://www.nutrition.gov.
The Pen and Paper Diet enables any literate adult to lose weight and then maintain it while they continue to consume the types of foods they enjoy and maintain their current activity level if they choose. The book is based on the idea of having a personal daily calorie budget. Once a person learns the skill of controlling his or her weight using math in as little as 3 minutes a day, a person can focus on eating more healthy and exercising more. The author of the book, Michael Dow, sent a letter to all of the restaurants in Tucson, Arizona in mid July 2008 informing them of the USDA's database and requesting they post calorie info on their menus. Dow used yellowpages.com and sent letters to businesses listed under the Restaurant section. The cost to the restaurant would simply be the time of one of the chefs using the USDA's database assuming new menus are being planned. By posting calorie info, consumers can make informed choices, the obesity epidemic could take a significant hit, and some health conscious consumers could come back into the marketplace for certain restaurants since they could still manage their weight by tracking calorie consumption. Dow says one of the main reasons he sent the letters was for his family. "My wife and I feel we are eating blindly when we go to restaurants we like that don't have any nutritional info available. A calorie budget is such a simple way to manage one's weight that posting calorie info only seems the right thing to do for restaurants since the cost is minimal using the USDA's website and many people could begin taking control of their weight and changing their health for the better." For more information, visit http://www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.com.
About Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC is a book and website publishing company. For further information, please email mdow@dowcreativeenterprises.com.
A daily calorie budget which is dependent on a person's height, age, sex, ideal weight and activity level is the basic idea of The Pen and Paper Diet. A calorie budget allows a person to lose weight and then maintain an ideal weight while consuming the types of food one is accustomed to and maintaining one's current activity level. Once the skill of tracking calorie consumption for one's activity level is mastered, a person can then focus on consuming healthier foods and exercising more. The author, Michael Dow, used research from the National Academy of Sciences to help people find out their estimated calorie requirement. The book also lists calorie info for most of the world's foods and some beverages which was obtained from the USDA's free online nutritional database http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/.
The idea of a calorie budget can eliminate obesity since any literate adult can do this and health providers can assist those that are mentally or physically unable. This idea can provide an immunization for children against overeating since it is so simple that even a child can understand.
A calorie budget can also ease the upcoming global food crisis due to decrease in consumption (http://www.globalissues.org/food/crisis-2008/). If all 3 billion people that are expected to be overweight or obese by 2015 started a calorie budget, there would be a daily calorie savings of at least 3 trillion calories (reduction of at least 1,000 calories per person per day). An average meal is about 700 calories so that means there could be an extra 4.2 billion meals a day (some calories "saved" would be junk food and would not be considered part of a meal for some). This would increase our global food supply for our growing population and would decrease prices due to supply vs demand principles.
"My wife and I," says Dow, "used to consume around 6,000 calories a day combined. Now we consume 4,100 and our grocery bill has been significantly reduced."
Visit www.ThePenAndPaperDiet.com for more info.
About Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC
Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC is a book and website publishing company. For further information, please email mdow@dowcreativeenterprises.com.
Press Release #7
All Restaurants Requested to Post Calorie Info on Menus
